in the limelight!

HOORAY! it's the day i've been waiting for ever since the lovely mandy honored me by asking if i would join the limelight papercrafts sketch design team. a request to which i immediately said, "YES, PLEASE!" because i looooove mandy's sketches! this one is especially good. see?


uh huh. told ya!!! technically speaking, this is sketch 64 and the product feature for this one is to incorporate some yummy RIBBON into the card's design! i am proud to say that i am quite pleased with the card i made using the sketch:

(patterned paper: ALL prima...most unusual for me, eh?!; ribbon: may arts (vine) and k&co (felt); chipboard letters: heidi swapp; rub-ons: basic grey; stick-on pearls: recollections; circle punch: ek success; adhesives: tombow monorunner, 3m foam tape, glue dots, sewing machine; computer generated greeting formatted in cafe rojo font and printed on an avery clear inkjet label)

you can see i've gone VERY LITERAL: for one thing, for the spot that's represented on the sketch by a butterfly inside a circle, on my card is embodied as a butterfly inside a circle!!! (well, hey, it wasn't BROKE...why on earth would *I* want to fix it??!?!) :)

my circle is punched out of the front of the card, and the pretty prima butterfly paper has been punched once and fussy cut once for extra depth. but my very very ultra-favorite part is the may arts leafy ribbon, of which i was given AN ENTIRE ROLL for christmas by the divine miss stephanie, who just knows me way too well! i swirled and swooped the ribbon to fit in with the flowers and vines on a different sheet of prima paper, tacking a few leaves here and there with gluedots before securing the entire length of each piece with the (slowly & carefully hand-cranked) sewing machine. a fiddly thing to do?? yeah. definitely. took longer than everything else on the whole card... but (i think you'll agree?) ...WORTH IT!

if you're already a limelight fan, you'll be aware that sadly, the store is in the midst of closing down; on the other hand, there are sales, savings and specials galore, including THIS ONE which lasts through sunday, january 9th--same as the sketch challenge! for full details, including the prize that's up for grabs and how to submit your card, please check out mandy's blog, where there are also many lovely paper-based projects for your enjoyment! ♥♥♥